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Summary: Very entertaining, well written, and true to the TV show.
Review: Having watched the show during it's original run, at the age of 14, and being a long-term fan I was skeptical that anyone could do the show justice in a book-form revival. Richard and Chris have done an excellent job. Sure some of the new ideas are a little controversial for fans but by and large I loved it.
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Summary: Excellent but a few annoyances
Review: Overall, I very much enjoyed my reunion with the Battlestar Galctica universe. Contrary to some other editorials about the writing quality, I found no problems with it. I highly recommend it. I do not wish to dwell on the negative or to suggest with negative comments that this book is not worthwhile. However, I think my comments could help the formation of the new BG universe, with all humility of course.I do not like the facts presented that a battlestar holds only 75 vipers nor that the whole of the colonies only had twelve battlestars. Very unrealistic! The US Air Force has thousands of fighter planes and nearly a dozen aircraft carriers. And this is in peace time! Direct comparisons are difficult of course. But, think this this point is quite reasonable. BTW, with billions of people and 12 times 75 vipers, 900 pilots plus back-ups only. The planets must have had thousands of vipers and pilots. We can improve the BG universe by incorporating these points within the resources constraints of the fleet. Spoiler space The kamikazee flight of the lone scarlet viper packed with solenite into one of the base ships bothered me. One, if it were so easy to destroy a base ship...well!!! I would amend the story by saying that the lone viper phased back into the base ship's reality inside of it and in a vulnerable spot just prior to exploding. The ramming of the freighter into the second baseship also bothered me. In the series we learned that the base ship outguns a battlestar. So it is reasonable to assume that it could destroy that freighter. The book stresses that the Cylons would fail to accept mass suicide on the part of a crew of an entire freighter. I think this is overly relied upon. Instead, I would have had Starbuck in his commandered raider straffing the baseships flank missile batteries, phasing in and out of the base ship's reality. Then, the freighter could ram the base ship. The last major thing that bothered me was all of the mystery or unknown about the make-u! p of a typical centurion. After a thousand yahren of warefare with them, including many victories, it is ABSOLUTELY inconceivable that the colonies would not have captured and disassembled/disected thousands of centurions. The history of warfare is replete with the examination of the enemies armaments and soliders while war still wages. I can't fix this one except to say that these lizard cylons could be a different flavor (I am not confusing these with the dark, ebon soldiers introduced to Baltar as his children by Lucifer.) of Centurions recently introduced enmass for some reason. In closing, despite these amendable flaws, this book lays the foundation for a re-birth of the storyline. I would like to see it return to the screen but would be happy to just read many books centrally controlled by Richard Hatch.
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Summary: Richard Hatch stayed with the original concept!!!!
Review: I was a little sceptical when I saw this release but Richard Hatch stayed with the original concept of the story and started this novel just as it should have been 20 yahrens later. He has proven that he can write a good novel also.I would not be surprised if the series or a movie results from his efforts. I look forward to volume #2
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Summary: Battlestar Galactica Lives !!!
Review: Three cheers to Richard Hatch and Christopher Golden for reviving, at least in writing, the great epic which is Battlestar Gallactica ! For nearly 20 years fans have waited for someone to pick up the banner and I was not dissapointed. Despite it's inconsistencies with the short lived Galactica 1980 I was more then pleased to catch up with the lives of these grand characters. I cannot wait until the release of the "Thirteenth Tribe" !
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Summary: Battlestar Fans Have Something to Look Forward To
Review: I had read some of the other reviews of this book before I bought it, but I don't generally follow other's opinions when it comes to criticism of art forms. I found Battlestar Galactica: Armaggedon a really enjoying book which faithfully takes us back to the universe we know and loved from the TV series 20 "yahren" ago. The writing is a bit lacking in creativity, and sometimes the dialogue is a bit canned. I found myself thinking, especially when Dalton or Troy were speaking, are they really saying this or what? Their dialogue seems the least bit inspiring and it seems they say things just to fill the page. Anger and other emotions fall flat when they talk to one another. The only other problems I found was the philosophical viewpoint of setting the timeframe so far into the future. Why 18 yahren? Granted, it opens up the growth of the Troy and Dalton, but other than that, everything else is still the same. Sheba, Boomer, et. al. just have higher ranks. They are still searching and still fighting the Cylon empire. The other tidbit is the fact of what is inside the Cylon Centurion armor. I always thought that the Cylons were all robotic. The book now says that the Cylons were a blend of human and reptile DNA (humanoid reptiles). This in not consistent with the series. Beyond these few critiques, it was definitely entertaining and kept me at the edge of my seat quite a few times. Short chapters also help if you read chapter to chapter. 309 pages is also manageable for those on time constraints. The final analysis: I can't wait for volume 2!!!!
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Summary: THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SCI-FI I HAVE READ IN ALONG TIME!!!
Review: I thought the writing was great. GALACTICA IS BACK WITH A VENGENCE!!
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Summary: Galactica LIVES!!!! Thanks to Richard Hatch & Chris Golden
Review: A GREAT book! If you are a true BATTLESTAR fan you will enjoy this book immensly. I really enjoyed all the background information, it filled in alot of the blanks on how humans ended up on the 12 colonies. Can't wait to read the next one!!!!
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Summary: One of, if not THE best "Galactica" adventure
Review: This book captures all the action of an episode of "Battlestar Galactica", but manages to go one step further- Answering questions that the TV show never got around to answer! like where the Cylons came from and why they want to destroy humanity. DON'T WORRY about the over access of dialogue! This is like a perfect adaption of an episode of "Galactica", only there's no TV episode! If you liked "Star Wars" or "Battlestar Galactica", GO OUT AND READ BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: ARMAGEDDON NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO TO A LIBRARY, A BOOKSTORE, I DON'T CARE!!!! FIND SOME WAY TO READ IT!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!
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Summary: Battlestar Lives
Review: I enjoyed Armageddon, in fact, it renewed my interest in Battlestar Galactica. The book answered many questions left by the TV series, like the origins of the 13th colony. You also learn more about Adama's beliefs. I was surprised by the end concerning Ambassador Puck, nice little twist. I look forward to many sequels.
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Summary: Excellent, true to this greatest of series
Review: Come on give this book a bloody go and stop putting crap all over it. Fu.king wake up you idiots
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